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“We were definitely picking up so many balls and making plays on a lot of balls I thought would be down,” Meridian coach Shannon Claeys said in a phone interview. “I was proud that they didn’t give up.”

Ferndale takes on Squalicum at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at Squalicum, while Meridian travels to Mount Baker at 2 p.m. the same day.